Notable Persons of

 

Troy Township Cemetery

 

Luckey, OH 

 

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is responsible for the creation, selection and publication

 

 of Troy Township Cemetery Notable Persons. For nominations, complete biography of individuals and more information see;

 

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Notable Persons

The information to the left of each name in the list below can be used to find the grave location on the cemetery map below.

Letters to the right of each name indicate the category(ies) of qualification (key & list below).

 

 

Qualifying Categories

      Founding Father (FF)                                Philanthropist (P)

      Political /Statesman (P)                               Education (ED)

      Religious Leader (R)                                  Athletic (A)

      Creative Professional (CP)                         Military (USM)

      Medical Professional (MP)                         Business (B)

      Entertainment (ET)                                    Historian (H) 

     Law Enforcement (LE)                              Municipal (M)

      Early Settler (ES)                                        Firefighter (F)                 

      Killed in the line of duty (KIA)

 

NOTABLE PERSONS OF TROY TOWNSHIP CEMETERY 

#1 – A1, row 8  Peter Ruch (1827 – 1913) MP

#2 – A2, row 7  Doyce Filiere (1912 – 1976) A, ED

#3 – B3, row 2  Elmer Jacobs (1909 – 1976)  B, M

#4 – B3, row 2  Harvey Helm (1900 – 1993) B, M

#5 – B1, row 3  Lloyd Weddell (1916 – 1991) CP

#6 – C1, row 7  Dallas Gardner (1926 – 2008) ED

#7 – A1, row 4  Peter Layman (1836 – 1916)  ES

#8 – A1, row 1  Ann B. Jacobs (1810 – 1895) ES, R

#9 – A1, row 7 Isaac Krotzer (1842 – 1889) FF, USM

#10 – A1, row 7 Simon Brough (1830 – 1934) ES

#11 – A1, row 12 George Brough (1830 – 1884) ES

#12 – A1, row 13 Garret F. Clause (1859 – 1953) ES, B

#13 – B1, row 6  John J. Deuble (1840 – 1910) ES, B

#14 – B1, row 2  William Elder (1839 – 1915) ES

#15 – B1, row 2  Henry J. Elder (1799 – 1883) ES, USM

#16 – A1, row 9  George Furry (1831 – 1912) FF, ED

#17 – C., row 3 Edmund G. Baker (1897 – 1931) ES, ED

#18 – A1, row 7 Marion Goodell (1845 – 1924) FF, USM

#19 – C1, row 4 Orrin Goodell (1842 – 1924) FF

#20 – A1, row 10 Jonas Hanely (1826 – 1902)  ES

#21 – B1, row 8  Samuel Hathaway (1847 – 1914) FF, B

#22 – B1, row 3  Henry Hoelter (1846 – 1914) FF

#23 –  A1, row 14  John Landwehr (1824 – 1898)  P

#24  –  B1, row 10  John Layman (1839 – 1911) B

#25 – B1, row 10 James McCutchen (1814 – 1895) ES, CP

#26 – A1, row 9  Jerome McCutchen (1840 – 1900) FF, ED

#27 – A1, row 12  E. H. Myers (1852 – 1928) FF, B

#28 –  A1, row 7  J. A. Myers (1856 – 1934) FF, B

#29 –  B1, row 6  G. F. Peabody, MD. (1867 – 1963) FF, MP

#30 – B1, row 7  George Robinson (1843 – 1929) ES, B

#31 – A1, row 10  Fred Samson (1851 – ) FF, B

#32 – A1, row 3  George W. Smith (1837 – 1904) ES

#33 – A1 row 10 Samuel Sternaman (1830 – 1907) ES, FF

#34 – A1, row 6  Helen F. Rolfes (1910 – 1991) ED

#35 – A1, row 12  Frederick Wlecke (1815 – 1893) ES

#35 – A1, row 12  Maria Wlecke (1822 – 1855) ES

#36 – C2, row 10  Howard Grover (1915 – 2000) B, F, M

#36 – C2, row 10  Helen Grover (1918 – 2011) P

#37 – A3, row 5 Harold Wachter (1930 – 2009) A, M

#38 – A2, row 6  John Harmon Landwehr (1893 – 1990) B

#39 – A2, row 6   Lelia Louise Landwehr (1895 – 1997)  H

#40 – A1, row 9 William H. Schwann (1881 – 1964)  B, R

#41 – C1, row 1  Earl Lewis Rife (1919 – 1964) P, LE

#42 – A3, row 3  Phil Haas (1904 – 2000) LE, F

#43 – C1, row 1,2  Arthur A. Swartz (1881 – 1964) CP

#44 – B1, row 8  John Fahle (1862 – 1925) FF, B

#45 – A2, row 6 Frank C. Hasel (1906 – 1996) H, B, CP

#46 – B1, row 1  Edmund Metzger (1867 – 1942) FF, ED

#47 – C1, row 1  Pearl V. (Stevens) Blecke (1888 – 1938) CP

#47 – C1, row 1  Fred Blecke (1884 – 1969) B

#48 – A1, row 1  John W. Rothenbuhler (1829-1912) ES

#48 – A1, row 1 Anna B. Rothenbuhler (1826-1906) ES

#49 – A1, row 10 Christian Rothenbuhler (1824-1906) ES

#49 – A1, row 10  Mary A. Rothenbuhler (1834-1908) ES

#50 – A1, row 16  Jacob Rothenbuhler (1826-1903) ES

#50 – A1, row 16 Anna M. Rothenbuhler (1822-1903) ES

#52 – A1, row 10 Elizabeth Jacobs (1842 – 1921) ES

 #52 – A1, row 10 Samuel Jacobs (1831 – 1909)  ES

#53 – B2, row 3 Vincent C. Kahle (918 – 1993) B

#54 – A3, row 10 Robert Johann (1915 – 1974)

#54 – A3, row 10 Dorthea Johann (1918 – 2001)

#55 – A1, row 13  Harvey A, Stuchell, Dr. (1888 – 1967)

#56 – A2, row 2  Boyd Broka (1923 – 1998) M

#57 – B4, row 4  A. A. Babione, Dr. (1872 – 1948) MP

#57 – B4, row 4  Anna Babione (1876 – 1966) R

#58 – A1, row 4 (south end) Gordon Huss (1895 – 1987) B, M

Military

#9 – A1, row 7  Isaac W. Krotzer (1842 – 1889)

#16 – A1, row 9  George Furry (1831 – 1912)

#18 – A1, row 7  Marion Goodell (1845 – 1927)

#21 – B1, row 8  Samuel Hathaway (1846 – 1914)

#24 – B1, row 10 John Layman (1839 – 1911)

#25 – B1, row 10 James McCutcheon (1845 – 1912)

#101 – A1, row 1  Isaiah Chamberlin  ( 1826 – 1896)

#102 – A1, row 1  John Chamberlin  (1832 – 1864)

#103 – A1, row 2  John Goss (1835 – 1870)

#104 – A1, row 2  Samuel Wagoner (1833- 1894)

#107 – A1, row 5  Jacob Sutter (1838 – 1917)

#109 – A1, row 13  John Daily (1848 – 1936)

#110 – A1, row 7  Eli Caris (1823 – 1901)

#111 – A1, row 7  William Furry (1834 – 1912)

#112 – A1, row 10  James Piper (1834 – 1900)

#113 – A1, row 11  Jacob Baker (1846 – 1883)

#114 – A1, row 11  Albert Johnson (no headstone)

#115 – A1, row 11  Christian Geisbuhler (1831 – 1904)

#116 – A1, row 12  Charles C. Cramer (1835 – 1909)

#117 – A1, row 13  Frederick J. Swartz (1841 – 1924)

#118 – A1, row 14  J. H. Smith (1860 – )

#119 – A1, row 14  Benedict Emch (1845 – 1910)

#120 – A1, row 15  Henry Clifford (1827 – 1899)

#121 – A1, row 15  T. N.  Smith (  –  )

#122 – A1, row 16 Louis Rolfes (1840 – 1907)

#123 – A1, row 16 Samuel Wagoner (1833 – 1894)

#124 – A1, row 16  Garrett J. Puse (1834 – 1916) KIA WWI

#125 – C1, row 2 William Finley (1837 – 1921)

#126 – C1, row 5 William L. Penrod (1842 – 1930)

#127 – B1, row 2  Richard Elder (1845 – 1862)  KIA Civil War

#128 – B1, row 3 John Rife (1842 – 1911)

#129 – B1, row 2  Adam Feighner (1846 – 1909)

#131 – B1, row 10 Jacob Metzger (1840 – 1925)

#132 – B1, row 5 Grace Wagoner (1897 – 1913)

#133 – B1, row 9 PVT Frederick W. Jacobs (1896 – 1918) KIA WWI

#134 – B2, row 3 PFC Donald C. Brueggimeier (1916 – 1944) KIA WWII FR

  #135 – B1, row 7 PVC Herman E. Swartz (1923 – 1945) KIA WWII Luzon

  #136 – A3, row 9 PFC Leroy F. Minnix (1946 – 1965) KIA Vietnam

  #137 – A1, row 4 (south end) PFC John R. Barr (1984 – 2008) KIA Iraq

  #138 – C1, row 3 PFC Dale Ruswinkle ( 1937- 1962) KIA Soul Korea

 

Brief History of the Troy Township Cemetery, Luckey, OH

 

“Known to all persons by these presents that I, Cyrenius Goodell of Wood County, Ohio in consideration of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to him paid by the trustees of the Troy Cemetery Association… containing two acres of land.” “To have and to hold the same to the trustees and their successors in the office forever in trust for a cemetery or place to bury the dead and for no other purpose to be governed in the use of said cemetery by the statute of the state of Ohio in such cases made and provided and to fence said cemetery in good and substantial manner and to keep it fenced and in good repair and condition otherwise.” [Troy Cemetery Association, County Recorders Office, 1864]

The earliest date of death found is for Maria Wleck, 1885 which appears on the monument erected for her husband Frederick Wleck. Maria is not buried there at all. Family tradition states that she was buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery (Schweitz), but no stone now exists there either. Her husband Frederick remarried twice but Maria was the mother of all his children. It incorrectly gives the impression that she was buried at Troy Township Cemetery. In fact, the family lived just outside Pemberville at the time she died and Frederick moved near Luckey many years later.

At least two purchases of burial lots are recorded in the Recorder’s Deed books. Troy Cemetery Association to Sealscott, H. Garret, Volume 29 Page 517, cemetery lot #? August 6, 1864 & Swartz, Pater et al to Wyman, Jas R, Volume 52, Page 560, Cemetery lot #96 August 5, 1864.

Learning that G.F. Claus was the first president of the Troy Township Cemetery Association, it is not surprising to find that the township records between the years 1896 and 1940 were lost. The records from that era were stored in the G.F. Claus store in Luckey and were all lost in a fire that destroyed the building.

   The earliest landowners map of Wood County that shows this cemetery is Ever’s 1871, in which a cemetery is shown in the middle of the property owned by C. Goodell. This is several years before the village of Luckey even came into existence.

The above cemetery information was published as part of the Spirit Quest, a project by the Northwest Ohio Geocachers.